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The glory of virtual reality is to live in another person’s shoes — to feel what they feel, experience what they experience, and see what they see. The Eyse camera, which launches on Kickstarter today, aims to make that a possibility for anyone with a smartphone. Eyse’s promotional video shows …

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stuck another landing last week, making it three times now the reusable rocket has blasted off and arrived back safely on Earth. At the time, people following the launch on live stream had to make do with limited footage of the touchdown, but SpaceX has now given us …

The Federal Communications Commission is moving to limit the number of times government debt collectors can robocall individuals. The commission approved a proposal last week that would only allow collectors to call three times a month, and only in situations when the debtor has not made scheduled payment, or so the …

Have a decent PC, but don’t have $1,500 to spend on a secondhand Oculus Rift from eBay? VRidge is a new app from RiftCat which turns your phone into a headset for PC games. You download the VRidge desktop app, pair it wirelessly with the VRidge Android app (they’re working …

Netflix has picked up its first reality show: an athletic competition series with a title that’s likely donned several bad fantasy novels — Ultimate Beastmaster. According to Variety, the series will have athletes from across the globe running through a “demanding” obstacle course that changes with every episode. Eventually, the best performers will …

A new video from private spaceflight venture Blue Origin gives people a different perspective of the company’s New Shepard rocket returning to Earth from space. The footage, taken from a camera on top of the vehicle during an April 2nd test flight, shows the changing landscape around the New Shepard …

Another superhero TV series is in the works: Syfy has ordered a pilot for a show titled Krypton, which will essentially be a prequel to Superman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will begin two generations before the planet Krypton’s destruction (and Kal-El’s expulsion toward Earth) and will focus on …

Lenovo’s next Moto phones have surfaced via leaked images over the past few days, and Venture Beat has published an interesting report hinting at some big plans — modular ones — for the upcoming devices. It seems that Lenovo will follow LG’s lead in building add-ons that owners of the latest phones …

One of the most amazing sections of Miniatur Wunderland — a massive model railway installation in Hamburg, Germany that is Guinness-certified as the largest in the world — is the Knuffigen Airport. It’s a huge model airport with dozens of planes and associated airport vehicles, all of which can move around on …

Kansas City, a place long known for jazz and barbecue, now wants to be known as one of the most futuristic cities in America. Last week, the city announced plans to install free public Wi-Fi covering 50 blocks of its downtown, 125 “smart” streetlights that automatically dim when no one …